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37900 (upper deck) 11700 (lower deck) [ 5] Location. The DuSable Bridge (formerly the Michigan Avenue Bridge) is a bascule bridge that carries Michigan Avenue across the main stem of the Chicago River in downtown Chicago, Illinois, United States. The bridge was proposed in the early 20th century as part of a plan to link Grant Park (downtown ...
773: Chicago, covers most of the geographical area of Chicago except the downtown Chicago Loop, which is in area code 312. 815/779: Northern Illinois outside of the immediate Chicago area including Joliet, Kankakee, LaSalle, DeKalb, and Rockford. Area code 815 was overlaid with area code 779 in 2007. 847/224: North and northwest suburbs of ...
The former Hinsdale Oasis building. An Illinois Tollway oasis is a type of commercialized rest area sited over Interstate Highways that are part of the Illinois Tollway system in northern Illinois, United States. The four (formerly seven) oases offer food and gasoline vendors and are found in the Chicago Metropolitan Area, DeKalb, and Belvidere.
Lake Shore Drive (officially Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable Lake Shore Drive; [ 2][ 3] also known as DuSable Lake Shore Drive, [ 4] The Outer Drive, [ 5] The Drive, LSD or DLSD) is an expressway that runs alongside the shoreline of Lake Michigan, and adjacent to parkland and beaches, in Chicago, Illinois. Except for the portion north of Foster ...
Car 553 was originally built for the Chicago and North Western Railway in 1949 by the American Car and Foundry Company as car 7901. [4] It was originally used as a lounge and barbershop car on City of Los Angeles, a long distance train service between Chicago and Los Angeles. [5] In 1961, car 7901 was rebuilt for commuter service and renumbered ...
State Street is a large south-north street, also one of the main streets, in Chicago, Illinois, USA and its south suburbs. Its intersection with Madison Street ( 41°52′55″N87°37′40″W / 41.8820°N 87.6278°W) has marked the base point for Chicago's address system since 1909. [ 1 ] State begins in the north at North Avenue, the ...
Moving north from the Loop, the street crosses the Chicago River using the La Salle Street Bridge. In the Near North Side, 300 North LaSalle is located on the north banks of the Chicago River, one block east of the Merchandise Mart. On the corner at Chicago Avenue, LaSalle is adjacent to the entrance of Moody Bible Institute.
West Chicago Street RR. The Washington Street Tunnel was the first traffic tunnel under the Chicago River. J.L. Lake was awarded the contract to construct the tunnel in July 1867 and its construction was completed January 1, 1869. This tunnel was 1605 feet long, from Franklin Street west to Clinton Street, and cost $517,000.